[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Orange 5-1-2000 ATM
by Art. 32, approved 7-17-2000 (Bylaw 63). Amendments noted where
applicable.]
No person shall operate or ride any wheeled device for human transportation,
including but not limited to a scooter, roller skates, skateboard, roller
skis or in-line skates, but not including devices to aid the handicapped or
infirm or carriages, strollers or similar devices being used to transport
infants or young children, in any of the following:
A.
Any public building and walkway, stairs or grounds of
a public building.
B.
Any Town property, public way or part thereof, including
the sidewalk [in Zoning District A(c), and any additional Town property, public
way or part thereof, including the sidewalk] if posted by the Town prohibiting
such use, except as otherwise provided by the traffic laws and regulations
of the Commonwealth.
C.
Any private property or part thereof if posted by the
owner, lessee or person in charge of the property prohibiting such use.
When the use of any such device is not otherwise prohibited:
A.
A person shall not operate or ride any such device on
a street, way or parking lot which is open to motor vehicles so as to endanger
or interfere with motor vehicle traffic on any street, way or parking lot
and shall at all times yield the right-of-way to motor vehicle traffic, except
as otherwise provided by the traffic laws and regulations of the Commonwealth.
B.
Operators or riders of any such device shall yield the
right-of-way to other pedestrians using public sidewalks or upon a street
or way and shall not otherwise endanger or interfere with pedestrian traffic
on a public sidewalk or upon any street or way.
[Amended 5-2-2005 ATM, Art. 11, approved 8-4-2005]
Any person who violates this chapter shall be fined $50. In addition
to any other remedy provided for by law, fines for the violation of this chapter
may be recovered by noncriminal disposition in accordance with MGL c.40 § 21D.
Enforcing officers for the purpose of the noncriminal enforcement of this
chapter shall be Town police officers.
